Online shutter count most Canon/Nikon DSLRS - Free!!

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I have an old Canon 1D, bought used (from Kent Gavin, Royal family's tog and Daily Mirror chief tog).

It is absolutely spot on, works perfectly, and is a camera I love to use. Trouble is, much as most ex tog's cameras, it has a few marks etc, and up till now, I had suspected it had been around the houses a few times, and shot a million or so Jpegs. Trouble has always been, that most of the Exif readers, including Opanda Iexif and Iexif pro won't read the earlier digic sensor info.

I came across this online counter today - http://shuttercounter.com/ - you open the page, and it asks you to upload a jpeg from your camera, you do this on the page, and a few seconds later it gives actual shutter count! Close the shutter count, and it brings up the most complete EXIF file on your Jpeg that you will ever have seen!!

Good also for buying cameras. Ask for a sample, and you can do the shutter count yourself!!

Oh, and had ny camera shot a million plus?? No, only 31,231!!

Have fun.
 
I used www.camerashuttercount.com, i liked how it tells you the percentage of photos taken for that particular camera against the expected shutter life.
Just used the one mentioned above absolutley everything you would ever need and a whole lot more.
 
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Very similar indeed, but odd thing - it says my camera has shot 31,235:)

Strangely, it won't read the shutter count on my 50D???
 
I'm pretty sure these shutter counts only work if you haven't reset the file numbering via the camera's menu.

The one Doug mentioned reports that my camera has taken 2970 shots…after 3 years professional use - I don't think so! I do reset my camera's file numbering from time to time, and the filename of the uploaded image was 12TH2970.cr2.

Consequently, you can not use these to ascertain a secondhand camera's usage.

Sorry.

Cheers,
Tony
 
TonyHall said:
I'm pretty sure these shutter counts only work if you haven't reset the file numbering via the camera's menu.

The one Doug mentioned reports that my camera has taken 2970 shots…after 3 years professional use - I don't think so! I do reset my camera's file numbering from time to time, and the filename of the uploaded image was 12TH2970.cr2.

Consequently, you can not use these to ascertain a secondhand camera's usage.

Sorry.

Cheers,
Tony
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Aw, shucks!! Does this apply to all EXIF readers which show shutter count do you think?? If they do, then there is no sure way of ascertaining correct shutter count.
 
buckas said:
This is the best one I've found

http://eoscount.com/

just plug the camera in no uploading - also worked with 7D which some other's don't

drew
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I've used this one and it isnt dependant on not resetting the image number, as I do this every time I download my 1000D and it still read 5252 activations
 
Bit of a digression, but does anyone know how this works? I mean, if you took the battery out of a camera and left it in a drawer for five years, would you still be able to get an accurate shutter count from it?
 
jon ryan said:
Bit of a digression, but does anyone know how this works? I mean, if you took the battery out of a camera and left it in a drawer for five years, would you still be able to get an accurate shutter count from it?
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Surely after five years in a drawer, the shutter count will have little effect on the value of the camera anyway :)
 
I'm more than slightly worried about my results as I have owned my camera from new ie bought from the shop brand new in its box and have never reset the camera, yet it shows a 444 images discrepancy between the shot count on my camera and the shot count according to eoscount, my file numbering is at 8767, eoscount says its 9211 !
 
Usually Live View and a few other things add "+1" to the shutter count without you actually taking a photo.

I would say the shot count on the camera is accurate enough for most though. I've tried to find my shutter count through various websites, but never had any luck. Just go by the in-camera count as I've had it since new.
 
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